Disciplined bowling from Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) restricts Rajasthan Royals(RR) for 154/6 in the first innings. 

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Earlier, SRH captain David Warner won the toss and opted to bowl first. RR got off to a good start after being put to bat and scored 47 runs in the powerplay while losing one wicket. 

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Sanju Samson(36) and Ben Stokes(30) added 56 runs for the second wicket. However, the Royals lost both the batsmen in quick succession. 

The wickets fell regularly after that and the batsmen never got going. Riyan Parag(20) and Steve Smith(19) got starts but couldn't stay till the end. 

For SRH, Jason Holder was the pick of the bowlers taking three wickets in four overs and conceded 33 runs. 

Brief Score - 154/6 (Sanju Samson - 36, Ben Stokes - 30; Jason Holder - 3/33)

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